SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- USAC Payment Quality Assurance (PQA) Assessment Services
- Notice Date
- 8/8/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Managing Director, Contracts and Purchasing Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20554, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20554
- Solicitation Number
- USAC-IA-2013-08-004
- Archive Date
- 9/24/2013
- Point of Contact
- Tucker Smith, Phone: 202-776-0200
- E-Mail Address
-
tsmith2@usac.org
(tsmith2@usac.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted on its website, the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Payment Quality Assurance (PQA) Assessment Services. The RFP is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement. The closing date for proposals is September 9, 2013 at 5:00PM Eastern Time. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for PQA Assessment Services in accordance with IPERA. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFP describes the goods and services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. BACKGROUND: USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Lifeline (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org. USAC is requesting proposals from contractors to perform assessment services in support of the USF PQA program, in accordance with the federal government's Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA). Specific requirements and work locations are described in the RFP. Proposals are due back to USAC no later than September 9, 2013 at 5:00 PM EDT. The RFP provides instructions on how to respond. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFP WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC. Complete proposals must be submitted to Mr. Tucker Smith, USAC Contracting Office, no later than the date and time set forth in the RFP. Proposals must be submitted by e-mail ( rfp@usac.org ), mail, courier or hand delivered to: Universal Service Administrative Company Attn: Mr. Tucker Smith, 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 200. Washington, DC 20036.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/FCC/FCCOMD/FCCCPC/USAC-IA-2013-08-004/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor's location - District of Columbia metropolitan area, District of Columbia, 20036, United States
- Zip Code: 20036
- Zip Code: 20036
- Record
- SN03142143-W 20130810/130808235421-271dd417cb92a5b08794ae2e312dc7d1 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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